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painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh

1

solo exhibition; one-man exhibition; one-woman exhibition

3

substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange

2

minute adjustment; fine-tuning

1

rather; better; instead; if anything

2

you could say that; that might be so

1

first impression

1

so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)

2

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

4

crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

2

connection; link; relationship

1

to spend time (on doing something)

3

it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...

3

back street; back alley; off-street

1

easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all

3

to shut one's mouth; to hold one's tongue; to keep silent

1

the same generation; coeval

1

as if it were about oneself

1

disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

2

loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft

1

delicacy; tact; sensitivity; consideration; thoughtfulness

1

suddenly in a bad mood; in a huff; abruptly; suddenly; unexpectedly

1

to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)

3

to swell; to expand; to inflate; to bulge

1

all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical

2

important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

3

conducting wire; line of flow (of people, objects, etc.)

1

friend

3

contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching

1

unexpectedness; unpredictability; tendency to surprise; element of surprise

2

that is to say; so that means

3

(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally

1

sincere; honest; faithful

1

back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition

2

character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)

4

everything; anything; nothing

2

little by little; bit by bit

1

humanity; human nature

1

individuality; personality; quirk; idiosyncrasy; character; individual characteristic

2

in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically

1

walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)

4

hostility; animosity; enmity

1

you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she

6

song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

3

phew; whew; huff; whoo; woohoo

6

source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis

1

second line of a four-line Chinese poem

1

change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)

1

disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing

1

unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement

1